NEA Nonylphenol Regulation - How to Amend HS Permit

NEW HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES TO BE CONTROLLED UNDER THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT ACT ANDENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT (HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS

Effective 1 Mar 2023, 5 new chemicals will be controlled as Hazardous Substances by the National Environment Agency (“NEA”) under the Environmental Protection and Management Act (“EPMA”) and Environmental Protection and Management (Hazardous Substances) Regulations (“EPM(HS) Regs”). The chemicals are:

(i) Amitrole;

(ii) Nonylphenol and Nonylphenol Ethoxylates;

(iii) Iprodione;

(iv) Dechlorane Plus; and

(v) UV-328

A Hazardous Substances Licence will be required for companies that import, sell, export and manufacture these chemicals, while end-users that purchase, store and use these chemicals will be required to obtain a Hazardous Substances Permit.

Here are the screenshot procedures to guide you in amending your existing HS Permit

1)Login to Go Business Licensing Portal Using your Corpass and Singpass

At the Dashboard click on LICENCE and you will see a list of your organization licenses and permits appeared and select the NEA hazardous permit
  

Scroll to Section 3 Hazardous Substance Require Storage and Check BOX 

Add NEW HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, Select Nonylphenol and Nonylphenol Ethoxylate.

Provide information on the minimum and maximum purity. This information can be found in Section 3 Composition of ingredients of the substance Safety Datasheet.

Furnish information pertaining to the physical state of the substance and the capacity of the largest storage container.

Provide information pertaining to the maximum storage quantity, specify use. Specify use can be for blending into products etc.  If the substance shipped in storage container, you can skip the bulk storage tank info and proceed to add hazardous substance to storage premise.

Check the Nonylphenol and Nonylphenol Ethoxylate has been added to your existing hazardous Substance Permit.

Click NEXT and attached copy of your management of hazardous substance training certificate, your organization Emergency Response Plan ( Spill control) and your NRIC and submit.